Ydi. You couldn't stay civil, and the moderators were reasonable. You might disagree with their point, but that doesn't make them assholes. After which you explicitly did things they had told you not to do. Not sure what else they could have done.
Cool! Murderbot, dresden files and rivers of London were pretty good reads. I'll check out the others :)
The what visual novel of all time? Longest? Horniest? Most colourful?
Please tag your language if you're posting non-English
Could be anything, I prefer SF&F and a well written plot that's internally consistent.
I read the article
From the shitshow that's the comments, you're the only one
No, that's not the game
What game are you looking at? That screenshot isn't dune, it's some other game.
No, that's an entirely different game screenshot, no idea what parent comment is smoking.
You’re fucking nasty.As an American, an armed American, I’d shoot you in the ass on site, if I caught you pissing in my sink.
Shortened it for you.
Am I the only one who feels sorry for the dog? I suspect she'd have been happier on the island, given how hard she worked to evade humans and recapture.
The Ring of Fire series which is about this concept was such an amazing read. Unfortunately the infinite branching plotlines became way more than I could handle.
Pfft. It's not like you can buy a house from Sears or something.
Edit: Guessing I got downvoted by somebody too young to understand the reference
Discord is too big at this point for people to leave it.
Never seen a 'too big to fail' platform fail, huh? It happens more frequently than you'd think
That's a seriously sad story. I have very light OCD and it annoys me. Can't imagine having to live my life with that.
It's totally empty... At least make a few posts to get it started. Expect to be providing 90% of the posts for the first half a year.
Ah that's what you meant. I don't think it has a Chinese version
Well the author's a Chinese refugee, so that might account for it
Running bamboo is notoriously fast spreading and difficult to remove. What keeps its population balanced in the wild, and prevents it from crowding out the competition? I tried googling, but was inundated with gardening advice, horror stories, and assault / offensive gardening (some of the latter two presumably covering the same incident from both sides). My google-fu failed, I couldn't really find any info about natural population controls of running bamboo in the thicket of tall tales and gardening advice.
When Liu Lipeng first contacted me in July 2020, I was still in China. I initially wanted to write this as a fictional short story, but I didn’t have the courage to do it at the time because it would have landed me in prison. I left China in 2021 and spent time thinking about […]
We are joining a lawsuit that will challenge the unchecked authority of the executive branch to impose tariffs. We will not stand idly by while our livelihoods–and the livelihoods of thousand…
To be clear: They are joining an existing lawsuit for businesses that are being impacted by the tariffs
It's been a while since I remembered to post this! I'm so bad at this stuff 😖
Local game stores likely won’t have as many board games to put on their shelves
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/157533
> !Pile of various classic board games including Monopoly, Scrabble, and Battleship on shelves at a cafe, Bondadoso Coffee, Walnut Creek, California, November 13, 2023. > > Less than two weeks after the Trump administration’s announcement of historically high tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States, the board game industry appears set for an unexpected reckoning. An ad hoc industry survey conducted by Cardboard Edison reveals that nearly a quarter of publishers polled will simply stop making board games. A majority believe that prices for board games that do get published will go up, and that the size and complexity of those games will go down. It’s a dismal state of affairs for what was once a blossoming part of the larger tabletop games industry, one that has for decades generated hundreds of millions of dollars for the United States economy. > > Cardboard Edison is a small publisher best known for its annual game design awards. Its survey, conducted April 9-11, collected responses from 62 publishers. The company claims that “about 90%” of respondents said they expect consumer prices on board games will go up because of tariffs, and “about two-thirds” of publishers said print runs for those games will be smaller. 62% of publishers said they plan to sign fewer new games to their catalogs, meaning fewer opportunities for tabletop designers who traditionally operate as independent contractors. Most tragically, the group says 23% — nearly a quarter — of respondents said they’ll just stop making board games altogether. > > The biggest red flag in the survey, however, is that those publishers who want to try and stay in the board game business are actively seeking ways to cut distributors and retailers out of the equation. As margins fall due to the cost of tariffs, which are a tax, selling games at retail using traditional logistics simply won’t be an option. Brick and mortar stores, including thousands of independent local game stores all around the country, likely won’t have as many board games to put on their shelves going forward. > > --- > > From Polygon via this RSS feed
Hi, I am able to access feddit.org from my wifi, but connecting via my mobile data fails. Is feddit.org doing geoblocking or blocking certain IP ranges? It's negatively impacting the lemmy experience for me hugely, as a lot of images in my feed do not load, and I imagine it's affecting others as well.
Location: Malaysia
About 5 - 10 % of images on my feed don't load, but show this error. Any idea what's going on? On android.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27932450
> President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to discuss vital issues shaping the future of Europe and beyond. From tackling global trade challenges to addressing the impact of US tariffs, both leaders are determined to speed up energy transitions and boost economic ties. Together, they are paving the way for a more unified and resilient global economy. Watch the full remarks to hear how these two leaders are preparing to face global challenges head-on.
> Some of the most common depictions of Vikings show large warriors wearing helmets affixed with horns. But new research finds that the famed helmets discovered in Viksø, Denmark, 80 years ago actually date to about 900 B.C.E., nearly 2,000 years before the Vikings. > >“For many years in popular culture, people associated the Viksø helmets with the Vikings,” Helle Vandkilde, an archaeologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, tells Live Science’s Tom Metcalfe. “But actually, it's nonsense. The horned theme is from the Bronze Age and is traceable back to the ancient Near East.” > >Viking society only developed in the 9th century C.E., and there is no sign that Vikings really wore horned helmets. According to History.com, the legend likely originated with Scandinavian artists in the 1800s, who popularized portrayals of the nomadic raiders wearing the equipment in their works.
MDG vil gjøre det enklere å velge europeiske varer i butikkene.
Thoughts? What's your opinion on the buy-Europe trend?
The last 5-10 years have seen an uptick in the trend of games having nicer and shinier bits and pieces. In my mind, the trend is best exemplified by Wingspan, which to me was a fairly average game wrapped in a beautiful package of glossy Cadbury eggs and pretty birds. I'm personally in favour of getting nicer bits and pieces for my games, but they are undeniably having an impact on prices (how much of an impact is something I'd find really interesting, let me know if any publisher has discussed the issue).
What do you think of this trend? Are you in favour of moving back to 100% cardboard chits, or do you like the newer, prettier boardgames?
Edit: Title was changed since many people don't seem to get the term 'hilariously incompetent'.
‘Devastating consequences’ on the way, says trade group
